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MÉNAGEOT, François-Guillaume · 1781 →
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In 1781 the most successful painting at the SalonIn the French language of the 18th and 19th centuries it designated an actual exhibition space, as well as the academic art exhibitions staged in the Salon d'Apollon of the Louvre since 1667. From 1737, the exhibitions took place biennially and, after the French Revolution, annually in the Salon Carré of the Louvre in Paris. Towards the end of the 19th century the official Salon jury was dissolved in order to make way for a committee of state-approved artists, i.e. former Salon members, who created the highly influential Société des Artistes Français. was Ménageot's The Death of Leonardo da Vinci in the Arms of Francis I. Ménageot was a former colleague of Jacques-Louis David in Vien's studio. The painting owed its success more top the subject matter than to any startling stylistic development.
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title = {The Death of Leonardo da Vinci in the Arms of Francis I by MÉNAGEOT, François-Guillaume},
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date = {2026-09-13},
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